Chihiro Sato

  • Gold Prize Winner at the 2025 Virtuoso International Music Awards

  • First Prize Winner at the 2025 Special Venue Music Awards International Competition

  • Honorable Mention Recipient at the Professional Artist Group of the 2025 American Virtuoso International Music Competition (AVIMC)

  • presented her Debut Recital at the New York Piano Academy on March 20th, 2025 - featuring music by D. Scarlatti, J. Haydn, F. Chopin, R. Yedidia, S. Rachmaninoff & C. Debussy

  • First Prize Winner at the American International Music Competition Cleveland 2025 (group L)

  • First Prize Winner at the 2025 Charleston Spring Music Competition (ages 20+)

  • Second Prize Winner at the 2024 American Virtuoso International Music Competition (AVIMC)

  • Second Place Winner at the 2023 Aloha International Piano Festival & Competition

  • Honorable Mention at the 2023 American Virtuoso International Music Competition (AVIMC - Piano Artist Group; Music in the 20th & 21st Centuries Period)

  • Third Place Winner at the 2021 Aloha International Piano Festival & Competition

  • First Prize Winner at the 1999 Young Pianist’s Competition of New Jersey

  • First Prize Winner at the 1999 New York City Piano Teachers Congress Competition

  • Debut Recital at the Turtle Bay Music School, NY, June 25, 1999

  • Honorable Mention Recipient at the 1998 & 1999 Queens College Cultural Heritage Competition

Nate Festinger